Yeah, weird greenscreen experiment tonight, and they've found a new way to ruin the chart rundown.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 6 August 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
kenny thomas looks like a cross between shrek and barry from eastenders
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Friday, 6 August 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
Rebel MC though! Best tune for weeks. "People Are Still Having Sex" very enjoyable too.
― chap, Friday, 6 August 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
Conversely Any Dream Will Do is even worse than the first time round. I seem to have erased from my memory that horrible plinky sound that's all over the arrangement.
― chap, Friday, 6 August 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
It won't be long before we get 16 weeks of Bryan Adams.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 9 August 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
well 8 weeks
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 9 August 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
yeah, you can probably outrun the police in your flash car, but those personalised plates are going to make you easy to track down.
― koogs, Friday, 13 August 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
Just the one episode this week. Shame it's presented by Bruno Brookes and features Bros.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 20 August 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
Axl Rose: Waste of Ammo...
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 20 August 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
that wasn't Kirsty MacColl singing with billy bragg. is that why the camera never focussed on her?
lisa lisa using samples nobody had touched for ~10 years.
― koogs, Friday, 20 August 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
A brief flash of Morrissey waving a Jobriath album at the camera there.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 27 August 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
Nice to see Frankie Knuckles this week.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 28 August 2021 10:19 (three years ago) link
Everyone's favourite Covidiots, Right Said Fred.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 3 September 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
This studio performance is awful. The video is a lot better. But why did anyone care about this record? I have a theory that for everyone there was exactly ONE time they could have played this record out loud and it would have been OK (for example, driving down the high street of the nearest large town 'blasting' this through your Goodmans stereo).
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 3 September 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
"I'm Too Sexy", more than any other song I can think of, seems to me to exist now solely for the purpose of sparking nostalgia for late 1991. Fairbrass might be a Covidiot now but him and his brother (in the words of another pop duo) "have both made such a little go a very long way".
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 4 September 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
They were one hit wonders three times over. Were part of the general furniture for a bit. Then they came up with "Bumped" as their 'new single after being away for a bit" in full confidence, and nobody liked it much.
― Mark G, Sunday, 5 September 2021 08:44 (three years ago) link
The singles section of their discogaphy is just depressing:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Said_Fred#Singles
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 5 September 2021 09:03 (three years ago) link
I had their first LP and liked it, I mean I was 12 but I think it probably would sound fine now
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 September 2021 09:15 (three years ago) link
Marcello liked it toohttp://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2020/12/right-said-fred-up.html
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 September 2021 09:16 (three years ago) link
I remember Deeply Dippy, but not Don't Talk Just Kiss. I'm assuming it's not a cover of the Wedding Present song of that name.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 5 September 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
it's not, I had the opposite experience when I first listened to Bizarro
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 September 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
Bear in mind, "Three one-hit wonders" is a compliment. Three very strong singles, not hugely similar, but undeniable hits.
Then they had the idea that they were popular personalities, and to be fair, they were. But not necessarily with people who buy records.
Then it drifted into mediocre songs, did they lose focus or just lucked into it in the first place?
I remember the first time I heard "I'm too sexy", I knew it would be huge and take over that summer. So how did it get turned down by every record label until they got signed bu Gut Records (and is that the german for "good" or a reference to stomachs?)
Still it had a directness and a lot of tongue in cheek, whereas "I'm So Attractive" by The Photos didn't have either...
― Mark G, Monday, 6 September 2021 11:15 (three years ago) link
"What's the name of Right Said Fred's only UK number one?" is a classic pub quiz question. Also works with A-ha, T'Pau, Prince.
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 6 September 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link
Hmmmm. I knew the A-ha one and, as with Right Said Fred, it's not the track that most people would immediately think of, whereas the T'Pau is exactly the track everyone would immediately think of. I had no idea for Prince and now that I've looked it up, I don't think I would have ever guessed that.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 6 September 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
Indeed. Please elaborate on the T'Pau one.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 September 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
It's China In Your Hand. That's their most famous song by far.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 6 September 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
China In Your Hand, Covid In Your Lungs
― john landis as man being smashed into window (uncredited) (Matt #2), Monday, 6 September 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
sorry, should have put "x post". i meant with regard to T'Pau in the pub quiz as it is indeed surely exactly the track everyone would immediately think of, ie China In Your Hand, Covid In Your Lungs.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 September 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
T'Pau's most famous song is "Heart and Soul" - at least outside of Europe.
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 6 September 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
Bit samey this week. Just waiting for Dannii Minogue to turn up.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 10 September 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
Horror of Dracula is on Talking Pictures, might watch totp later.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
(I was jokin’… it’s three hours of Bach’s St Matthew Passion)
― Michael Jones, Friday, 10 September 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
That's what I thought! But they keep changing it at the last minute, so who knows?
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
The Bomb the Bass song was good.
― chap, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
Charly says always tell Bruno 'Tory' Brookes to go fuck himself.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 24 September 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
TBF I'd be quite unsurprised if Liam Howlett were a Tory these days.
― chap, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
Charly AND What Can You Do For Me? AND Insanity all in the same show?I mean also there was that horrible version of Happy Together by Jason Donovan, but basically going very well so far.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 September 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
Old derelict deco terminal at Speke only good thing about that Farm video.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
Didn't even spot it was Speke and that's where my family's from
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 September 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
So the key change in Oceanic's 'Insanity' always irked me, but the key change in 'Charley' always struck me a awesome. blah blah blah narcissism of small differences blah blah blah
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 1 October 2021 19:07 (two years ago) link
Roxette deliver a practical example of not letting your guitarist sing lead.
"only 9 weeks" - strap in, it's going to be at #1 for another (checks notes) 7 weeks.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 1 October 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Oddly enough the metalhead in my group at technical college really liked the song.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 1 October 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
I love both key changes, but especially Oceanic, so shonky, so real.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 1 October 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
THey do it a second time as well. Just in case you didn't notice the first one.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 1 October 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
New look!
obviously 30 kids in a huge warehouse space...
― koogs, Friday, 15 October 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
send very regressive so far. apart from Carl Cox you wouldn't think anything even vaguely new was happening.
― koogs, Friday, 15 October 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
*seems
― koogs, Friday, 15 October 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
2 unlimited at the 11th hour too, but overwhelmingly radio 2 vibes. dame kiri ffs.
and we're those permanent presenters? do they get better?
― koogs, Friday, 15 October 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
It's no secret that Bono is a preening twit...
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 22 October 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
The Fly? I'm still quite a bit behind. Caught up on a few last night. I had no idea that Diane Butcher off Eastenders had a pop career. Not a good one, it seems. I also had no idea who had sung that 'sunshine on a rainy day' song that everyone knows, and was surprised to see it featured a frilly-shirted guitarist who looked like he'd escaped from The Mission or something. Best song was 'Apparently Nothing' by the Young Disciples. I'm still only halfway through Brian Adams' reign of terror.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 22 October 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link